Author: Sarah Wilkinson
Museocycle – Success Story
Museocycle is our museum-focused recycling scheme which encourages Northern museums to give away unwanted items to avoid material going to landfill. A recent success story comes from Pannett Art Gallery, who re-homed a table offered on Museocycle by East Riding Museums. Pannett Art Gallery did not have the budget to buy a table and were […]
Museums with Gold Collections – Updated Security Advice
Security review for museums with gold collections With recent reports of increased break-ins at museums across England who have collections of gold items, Valentina Sabucco, Security and Protection Advice Manager for Arts Council England has some advice to share: “With the steady increase of gold prices since October 2023, golden items may continue to attract […]
Cliffe Castle Museum: The Human Effect – A Different Approach to Climate Change
‘The Human Effect’ is a new display at Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley, West Yorkshire, using natural history and art collections to take an empowering approach to climate change. Cliffe Castle is one of the four sites run by Bradford District Museums and Galleries. Previously home to a family of wealthy textile industrialists, the museum […]
Local Government Association – Culture Peer Challenges for Local Authorities
The Local Government Association and Arts Council England are offering fully-funded culture peer challenges for councils to help inform strategic activity tailored to their local place and communities. Peer challenges are carried out to your specification aimed at improving, not judging, your council. The peer challenges take place across two days (your council will choose […]
Two Northern Museums To Pilot Sensational Museum Project
The Sensational Museum Project aims to rethink the role of senses in all aspects of museum work, from accession, cataloguing and collections, through to curating, exhibitions and the visitor experience. The £1m initiative is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and supported by a range of industry partners, including the Museums Association. Ten […]
Arts Council England Capital Investment Fund – Northern Museums Receive Funding
Three northern museums have benefited from the second round of Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Fund. Durham County Council Museums & Collections – the former Durham Light Infantry Museum & Art Gallery will receive £500,000 to reopen as a significant cultural centre in the Durham Innovation District, showcasing high quality exhibitions by local, national and […]
GEM – Case Studies
GEM has shared their spring Case Studies, the theme of which is ‘Reimaging Engagement’. A number of northern museums have been included in the case studies selected; The Judges Lodgings, National Museums Liverpool, The Auckland Project and Vindolanda. Read the case studies on the GEM website
Sheffield Stories – Caribbean Stories
A new exhibition has been created in partnership with co-curators from Sheffield’s African Caribbean community at Weston Park Museum. Bringing together archive material and personal mementoes, photographs, film and much more, Caribbean Footsteps celebrates the many ways that people of African Caribbean heritage have contributed to Sheffield life. This new exhibition explores the stories of […]
The Saltaire Collection – Digitalisation Programme
The Saltaire Collection has created a series of online resources using their MODES collections database records. All 6,000 of its catalogued items including documents, photographs, maps, plans, newspaper cuttings, artworks, books and objects are accessible online and the team have already digitised 12% of the collection. Over the summer the team will also be adding […]
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2024 – Finalists from the Region
Two museums from the northern region have been shortlisted for the 2024 Art Fund Museum of the Year Award. Craven Museum in Skipton, North Yorkshire and the Manchester Museum have been recognised for their focus on community engagement and sustainability. The 3 other museums to be shortlisted are: Dundee Contemporary Arts (Dundee) National Portrait Gallery […]